i think it is a tough question to answer. >> bret: get down to brass tax here. votes, getting it through. what does it come down to, chuck? today, after the hearing, armed services chairman levin said i think he advanced his own cause here today. i don't think on the left and the right, according to twitter and e-mail and facebook and everything i read there were a lot of people who agreed with the chairman. >> well, the chairman is being loyal and saying what he should say in that regard. but i know that there -- as far as i understand, once cochran announced his support, previous to today it's probably the last one. are there going to be democrats who go wobbly? look back a few weeks and remember the schumer primary so to speak on the hague hague nomination. thought to be pivotal. he decided to take the plunge and support him. will the performance reverberates the way obama first debate performance did through the blo blogsphere and o forth, that's what you watch for. >> bret: senator graham was probing and he had tough questions but he got a concession in tha